Hope for Iran

Though the rebellion in Iran looked to have run its course and been stamped out by the brutal action of the revolutionary guard, it appears to have a second wind, tens of thousands turned out in Tehran yesterday at Friday prayers  to hear Ali Akbar Hoshemi Rafsanjani preach.  In an unprecedented attack on the Country’s  supreme leader Al Khameni he slammed the leadership for losing the trust of the people over the disputed election results last month, riot police fired tear gas and eventually broke the meeting up, but it had done it’s job in galvanising the supporters of moderate opposition leader Hossein Mousavi to continue protesting. Mr  Mousavi has been living under conditions likened to  house arrest conditions with visitors and communications monitored, there were at least 15 arrests yesterday of prominent Mousavi supporters. With Israel finalising plans for an attack on Iran’s nuclear facility’s its even more important that these protests yield a result. A more moderate regime is needed there.